(A) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of every tract or parcel of land within the limits of the city to remove or cause to be removed from the sidewalk or sidewalks in front of, adjacent to, or adjoining the lot, tracts or parcels of land so owned or occupied by him or her, all snow and ice within the limits of 24 hours from the time the storm has ceased.
(B) In case the owner of any such lot, tract or parcel of land fails to comply with the provisions of division (A) above, it shall be the duty of the Streets and Maintenance Superintendent of the city to immediately remove or cause to be removed the snow and ice from the sidewalk or sidewalks in front of, adjoining or adjacent to the lot, tract or parcel of land, and report to the Council of the city the cost of the removal in each case, with a description of the lot or parcel of land in front of, adjoining or adjacent to the sidewalk or sidewalks from which snow and ice have been removed and the report shall be filed and preserved by the City Administrator.
(C) The Council shall give ten days’ notice by one publication in the official paper of the city to the effect that at a certain time and place, it will proceed to make an assessment for removing snow and ice from the sidewalks. The notice shall briefly describe the location of sidewalks where snow and ice have been removed by streets.
(D) The Council shall assess the amount as nearly as it can ascertain the same, which will be required to defray the cost of the removal, including the necessary expenses of making and collecting the assessment upon the real estate of lots of land benefitted by the removal to the amount of the benefit.
(E) When the assessment is completed, the Council shall give ten-days’ notice by one publication in the official paper of the city, to the effect that at the time and place therein specified, the assessment will be confirmed unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, and that objections must be filed one day before the time specified in the notice with the City Administrator. The Council shall proceed on the hearing in the same manner and shall have the same power to revise, correct and confirm or set aside the assessment or to proceed de novo as in cases of other assessments under the Charter of the city.
(F) All assessments when confirmed shall be final and conclusive, unless appealed from as provided by § 178, and the following sections of the Charter of the city, and shall be collected and enforced as other assessments made under chapter 8, of the Charter. In case of an appeal, the appeal shall not delay or effect the collection of the assessment, except as to property appealed from.
(G) Any person or persons offending against any of the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to § 10.99.
(Ord. 40, passed 1-5-1914)